While William Grant Still’s Symphony No. 1 - his “Afro-American” Symphony - imagines life in America up until emancipation, his Symphony No. 2, titled “Song of a New Race,” is music that is about integrated American society. In fact, it’s the second of a series of pieces Still had planned that was inspired by the African-American experience. It’s our Evening Masterwork tonight at 7 on Classical WSMR 89.1 and 103.9.
Evening Masterworks: William Grant Still's Symphony No. 2 “Song of a New Race” for February 15, 2024
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